Replacement casing for toilet seats



Oct. 20, 1953 L. SCHMIDT 2,655,666

REPLACEMENT CASING FOR TOILET SEATS Filed Feb. 15, 1950 INVENTOR. Lou/sSCHMIDT Patented Oct. 20, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

1 Claim.

The present invention relates; to, a, novelv and improved ornamental tolet, seat casing which completely encloses a toilet bowl seat as well asthe cover for the seat.

Objects and advantages of the invention, will be set forth in parthereinafter and inpart will be obvious herefrom, or may be. learned bypractice with the invention, the same beingrealized and attained bymeansof the instrumentalities and combinations. pointed out. in the, appendedclaim.

The invention consists, in the novel parts, constructions, arrangements,combinations and improvements herein shown and described.

The accompanyingdrawings, referred-to herein and constituting a parthereof, illustrate one embodiment of the invention, and together withthe description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

Of the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view, with parts broken away, of aconventional toilet seat and cover with the casing of the presentinvention applied thereto; and.

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view of the parts shown in Figure 1,showing in dot-dash lines the manner of applying the casing to the seatand cover.

The present invention has for its object the provision of a novel andimproved, sanitary and ornamental casing for both the toilet seat andcover. Still another object is the provision of an improved casing ofthe kind referred to which may be applied to a conventional seat andcover without the use of any tools or adhesives, and is securely held inplace. A further object is the provision of such a casing which may bemore easily kept clean and sanitary than the replacement casingheretofore developed.

According to the present invention, there are provided two flat membersformed to fit the shapes of the two portions or members of the toiletseat, one for the apertured toilet seat and another to fit the undersideof the seat cover, while members are provided and are shaped to fitsnugly over the upper surfaces of the seat and seat cover. Each of theupper casing members is formed with a downwardly extending and sharplyangled reinforced portion which snaps over the flat under memberssecurely holding the flat members in place and at the same time holdingthe upper members snugly against their cores which are the conventionalseat and cover encased by the casing. The casings may be formed of anyrelatively rigid, stiff, durable and resilient sheet material, such assheet Vinylite, (vinylacetate-vinylchloride copolymer), polystyrene,cellulose acetate-butyrate or the like and may be colored or not asdesired. Such plastics are very elastic and readily snap back to theiroriginal shape if they are slightly bent therefrom.

Itwill be understood that the foregoing general description and thfollowing detailed" description as, well are exemplary and explanatoryof the inventionbut are not restrictive thereof.

Referring now in detail to the present preferred and illustrativeembodiment of the invention shown in the accompanying drawings, theinvention is shown as applied to a conventionaltoilet seat comprisingthe apertured' toilet seat 10* and the cover l2, hinged'thereto, as atM, the seat being provided with holes l6 into which the usual pivot pins(not shown) may be fitted. The seat Ill and cover [2 have fiat undersurfaces and, as usual, are provided with generally rounder uppersurfaces.

The casing of the present invention as adapted to the seat portioncomprises a flat member 20 formed of relatively rigid, springy plasticmaterial such as polystyrene, Vinylite, cellulose acetate-butyrate of athickness from about 0.020" to 0.050" so that it may be durable and isnot likely to warp out of shape. The member 20 is accurately cut orformed to conform to the size and shape of the under side of the seatID. The upper casing member 22 for the seat It! is formed of similarmaterial and is often advantageously thicker than the fiat member 20.The upper member is accurately molded or shaped to conform to the uppersurface of the seat It] and to fit snugly thereto around the generallyconvex, toroidal shape of the seat, while at the rear, the casing member22 is shaped to fit over the enlarged rear portion of the seat. Th edges24 of the casing member 22 are turned inwardly towards each other sothey overlap the edges of the seat and these edges are preferablythickened, for reinforcement, are sharply angled with respect to therounded main portion of the member 22 providing flat surfaces 26 whichwill lie parallel to the under surface of the seat [0. The under side ofthe edges 24 is preferably rounded, not only for appearance, but also toeliminate hard to clean grooves and also to provide better drainage forany liquid which may be thereon,

The flat sheet 20 is first placed on the underside of the seat I 0 andregistered therewith, after which the upper member 22 is positioned overthe seat and. is engaged with the flat sheet 20 at the rear thereof. Theupper sheet 22 is then pushed downwardly over the seat I and thereinforced edges 24 snap into position and firmly clamp the fiat sheet20 to the seat I0 at the same time that the upper sheet 22 is therebyheld snugly against the seat member 10. Due to the stifi spring-likeresiliency of the member 22, the edges 24 move towards each other intothe full line position (Figure 2) from the dot-dash line position.

The casing members 30 and 32 for the cover member l2 ar similarlyformed, but of a different size and shape so as to be snugly fitting onthe cover l2 and to be held in place similarly to the casing members forseat l0. These members 30 and 32 are formed of material similar to thatof the members 20 and 22. As embodied, the lower member is a fiat sheet30, to fit the flat undersurface of the cover l2, while the upper memberis formed with rounded edges, which have an inturned reinforcing bead 24to form a snap fit with the cover l2 after the flat bottom member 30 hasbeen held in place and the upper member is pushed over the cover tolocking position.

Thus, the assembly provides a complete, ornamental casing for the upperand lower sides of the seat cover, which is substantially waterproof, iseasily cleaned and kept clean, and is reinforced at its edges so as toprovide greater mechanical strength for the edges of the plastic membersto prevent their being damaged and also insures a lasting snug fitbetween the casing components.

The invention in its broader aspect is not limited to the specificmechanisms shown and described but departures may be made therefromwithin the scope of the accompanying claims without departing from theprinciples of the in- 4 vention and without sacrificing its chiefadvantages.

What is claimed is:

A replacement casing for toilet seats and toilet seat covers, whereinthe toilet seat or toilet seat cover forms a mounting core for saidcasing, said casing comprising a substantially flat bottom sheet of thesame shape as the underside of said core and which is adapted to fitagainst the underside thereof, and further comprising a resilient coversheet shaped to fit over said core, said cover sheet extending over theentire upper part of said core and extending downwardly over the edgesof said core and terminating in a peripheral, inwardly extendingthickened lower edge, which lower edge is adapted to snap over the outerperipheral edge of said bottom sheet, whereby both the cover sheet andbottom sheet are detachably secured to each other and to said core.

LOUIS SCHMIDT.

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